Digital Learning Department

1. Apply absolute and relative chronology through the sequencing of significant individuals, events and time periods to include the impact of regional and national civil rights.

2. Examine and understand the systems of free enterprise, supply and demand, government regulation on a global and national scale.

3. Investigate regional industries and their contribution to a global marketplace.

4. Understand the basis on which maps, graphs and diagrams are created.

5. Use geographic tools such as thematic maps, graphs, charts, models, and databases to collect, analyze, interpret. and present data.

6. Use geographic representations to display spatial information.

7. Understand absolute and relative location.

8. Describe the physical and human characteristics of places and regions.

9. Describe the physical processes that shape patterns of Earth’s surface.

10. Identify points of view from the historical context surrounding an event and the frame of reference that influenced the participants.

11. Analyze political, economic, and social effects of war.

12. Organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps in order to make generalizations about events in history.

13. Understand the effects of the interaction between humans and the environment.

14. Compare types and uses of technology, past and present, by analyzing the effects of scientific discoveries and technological innovations.

15. Apply critical thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of sources including electronic technology.

16. Analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions.

Washington State Standards